While the loyal citizens of the North were eating their turkeys, our gallant soldiers in the South were also celebrating their Thanksgiving. We illustrate the amusements indulged in at Fort Pulaski, premising, however, that in South Carolina, where our flag waved, the day was observed by special orders of Gen. Saxton.

Thanksgiving Day at Fort Pulaski, Georgia (1862)

Divine services were held in all the churches in Beaufort, and Gen. Saxton visited the camps to see that the soldiers were properly supplied. The grand attraction of the day, however, was the fête given by the officers of the 48th N. Y. V., Col. Barton, and Company G, 3d Rhode Island regiment.

As a curiosity, we give the programme:

DIVINE SERVICE at 9. The entertainments to commence with target practice. Three competitors from each Company. Distance 200 yards.

ROWING MATCH—Distance one mile around a stake-boat and return.

FOOT RACE—Three times round Terreplein, and over 12 hurdles three feet high.

WHEELBARROW RACE—Competitors blindfolded, trundling a wheel-barrow once across Terreplein.

MEAL FEAT—Exclusively for Contrabands; hands tied behind the back, and to seize with the teeth a $5 gold piece dropped in a tub of meal. Six competitors, to be allowed five minutes each to accomplish the feat.

GREASED POLE—Pole to be 15 feet high.

GREASED PIG—To be seized and held by the tail Three competitors from each Company. Prize—pig.

BURLESQUE DRESS PARADE—Each Company will be allowed to enter an equal number of competitors for each prize.

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